Here are more pictures from the motherland.

Listen to Hadraawi talk about the issue of "quudhsi"

what is this "all blacks" thing?

Here are some nice pictures from the motherland.

Aamiin

Sir Farah, good question. In my opinion, virtue is an innate quality which may or may not need an activation at an early age in the private arena of domestic life.

A new report is out saying "prejudice against Muslims has gone down", but I am of the opinion that the report data is nothing but a hoax.

Originally posted by mohamed jama ( somaliland: I alweys love an itelectuals girl... but I think ameenah list is like reading the list that may put you in hell.... This kind of cracked me up Ameenah. Ninka iska celi. lol

Any more?

What about the mute who keeps offering you food even though you told him you are fasting.

Good article Sophist. All too often we hear about a wide spectrum of conflicting views as to what the underlining rationale is for the Ethiopians to be involved in our day to day affair. The most legitimate of all is that the Zenawi regime will support any party willing to expand Ethiopia's sphere of influence further. Even though I am not very fond of blaming Ethiopia for the bad predicament we Somalis find ourselves in, my genaral views towards the "ethiopian conspiracy" have always been in line with those held by many nomads here led by Dr. Wadani. Dr. Wadani, good name change. The change reminded me of "usernames", I had to bring back an old topic in the General forum.

I like this one Liqaye. 10 Africa Faces New Threat of New Colonialism Source: Left Turn, July/August, 2002 Title: “NEPAD: Repackaging Colonialism in Africa” Author: Michelle Robidoux Evaluator: Heidi LaMoreaux Briarpatch, Vol. 32, No. 1, Excerpted from The CCPA Monitor, October 2002 Title: "Ravaging Africa" Author: Asad Ismi New Internationalist, Jan/Feb 2003 Title: "How (not) to Feed Africa" Author: Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher Faculty evaluators: Heidi LaMoreaux, Ph.D. Student Researchers: Kathleen Glover, Laura Huntington, Kagiso Molefhe, Dana Balicki Today, Africa is the most war-torn continent in the world. Over the past fifteen years, thirty-two of the fifty-three African countries experienced violent conflict. During the cold war years (1950-1989), the U.S. sent $1.5 billion in arms and training to Africa thus setting the stage for the current round of conflicts. From 1991-1995 the U.S. increased the amount of weapons and other military assistance to fifty of the total fifty-three African countries. Over the years these U.S. funded wars have been responsible for the deaths of millions of Africans, and the subsequent displacement, disease, and starvation of many millions more. In June of 2002, leaders from the eight most powerful countries in the world (the G8) met to form a New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) as an "anti-poverty" campaign. One glaring omission, however, is the consultation and representation of the African nations. Not one of the eight leaders was from Africa. The danger of the NEPAD proposal is that it fails to protect Africa from exploitation of its resources. NEPAD is akin to Plan Columbia in its attempt to employ Western development techniques to provide economic opportunities for international investment. Welcomed by the G8 nations, this development plan reads like a mad dash to grab up as much of Africa’s remaining resources as possible. According to Robert Murphy of the US State Department’s Office of African Analysis, Africa is important to “the diversification of our sources of imported oil” away from the Middle East. The U.S. currently gets 15% of its total oil imports from the African continent. By 2015, that figure will be 25%. Rather than a plan to reduce African poverty, NEPAD is a mechanism for ensuring that U.S. and other Western investments are protected. All over Africa activists, trade unionists, and women’s organizations are mobilizing against NEPAD. It is clear to them that the "solutions" put forward by NEPAD are in direct contradiction to that which is really needed to deal with the problems faced by Africa today. The objective of NEPAD will be to provide "increased aid to developing countries that embrace the required development model." The harrowing effects of IMF and World Bank debt on the African continent will neither be addressed nor revoked by the new program. Under NEPAD, Africa's natural riches will continue to be bought and sold by the autonomous Western powers-that-be under the namesake of "development" and with the feigned support of the African people. Meanwhile, the food shortage in Africa is now widespread. Dr. Tewolde Behran Gebre Egziabher, General Manager of the Environmental Protection Authority in Ethiopia, explains that drought is not the cause of famine in Africa. Storage and transport are the two big problems. The year before last in Ethiopia, when there was a surplus of food, farmers could not sell their produce (locally or on the foreign market) and thus did not get the capital they needed for future crops. One hundred kilos of maize would sell for as little as $4 and Saudi Arabia wanted to buy this cheap maize. However, by the time the maize got to the port its price would have tripled because transport costs are so high. It was marginally cheaper for Saudi Arabia to instead buy maize that came all the way from the U.S. The U.S. is underselling starving nations and the food shortages are actually exasperated by this practice. Loans provided by the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and G8 have traditionally included strategies known as Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) which came in to effect in Africa in 1980. SAPs require that governments reduce public spending (especially on health, education and food/storage) in order to pay Western Banks. They must also increase exports of raw materials to the West, encourage foreign investment and privatize state enterprises. Instead of reducing the debt, since 1980 SAPs have increased African debt by 500 percent, creating a domino effect of disasters (prolonged famine, conflict, abject poverty, environmental exploitation) linked to an estimated 21 million deaths and, in the process, transferring hundreds of billion dollars to the West. Update By Asad Ismi My article shows how Western prosperity is based on the destruction of Africa. The story details the U.S. imperial design for Africa, which involves fostering wars and destroying economies in order to plunder natural riches. The U.S. has created a holocaust in Africa by backing wars and imposing structural adjustment programs, which have allowed it to loot hundreds of billions of dollars from the continent. Since the story was first published in October 2002, 1.5 million more people have died in the Congo War bringing the total up to a shocking four million since 1998. This is a war foisted on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC — the richest country in Africa) by the U.S. through its proxies Rwanda and Uganda, who have occupied the country, stolen its abundant natural wealth, and sent it to the West. A peace agreement signed in September 2002 in which Rwanda and Uganda agreed to withdraw, is not working since Uganda has reoccupied parts of the eastern Congo and Rwanda keeps raiding the country. Recently, Rwandan troops burnt down thousands of homes in the eastern Congo. Uganda has armed two ethnic groups, the Hema and Lendu in Ituri province and encouraged them to fight resulting in 11,400 deaths so far; the two groups have laid siege to the provincial capital, Bunia, where bloody massacres continue. This shows the extent to which the U.S. will go to plunder Africa. Those interested can also go to my website, www.asadismi.ws for more on Africa.: Other Resources: Larry Elliot, "Africa betrayed: the aid workers' verdict :G8 rescue plan labeled 'recycled peanuts,'' The Guardian, June 28, 2002. William D. Hartung and Bridget Moix, Deadly Legacy: U.S. Arms to Africa and the Congo War, (Report), World Policy Institute, New York, 2000. http://www.worldpolicy.org/projects/arms/reports/congo.htm William Blum, Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions since World War II, Maine, Common Courage, 1995. Ellen Ray, "U.S. Military and Corporate Recolonization of the Congo," Covert Action Quarterly, Spring/Summer 2000. Ellen Ray and Bill Schaap, "NATO and Beyond: The Wars of the Future," Covert Action Quarterly, Winter 1999. Human Rights Watch, World Report 1999: The Democratic Republic of Congo. Alex de Waal and Rakiya Omaar, "Somalia: Adding 'Humanitarian Intervention' to the U.S. Arsenal," Covert Action Quarterly, Spring 1993. BBC Reports on Angola http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_2117000/2117049.stm Ann Talbot, "The Angolan Civil War and U.S. Foreign Policy," 13 April 2002, World Socialist Website, http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/apr2002/ango-a13.shtml Eric Toussaint (CADTM COCAD http://users.skynet.be/cadtm/ ), "Debt in Sub-Saharan Africa on the eve of the third millennium," http://attac.org/fra/toil/doc/cadtm3en.htm Gregory Simpkins, "Africa Will Continue To Matter To The New Administration," The Foundation for Democracy in Africa, Press Release, December 21, 2000. http://democracy-africa.org/afrmatters.htm Africa: Mining Overview, http://www.mbendi.co.za/indy/ming/af/p0005.htm Gordon Barthos, "Diamonds of Death Haunt Africa," Toronto Star, March 10, 2000. "Africa in Turmoil: Ongoing Armed Conflicts," Toronto Star, May 14, 2000. Robert Naiman and Neil Watkins, "A Survey of IMF Structural Adjustment in Africa: Growth, Social Spending and Debt Relief," Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), April 1999. Structural Adjustment Participatory Review International Network (SAPRIN), "The Policy Roots of Economic Crisis and Poverty: A Multi-Country Participatory Assessment of Structural Adjustment", April 2002. Richard Feinberg et al.,eds., "Between Two Worlds: The World Bank's Next Decade," New Brunswick, NJ, Transaction Books, 1986. Walden Bello, "The Role of the World Bank in U.S. Foreign Policy," Covert Action Quarterly, Winter 1991-92. Walden Bello, Shea Cunningham, and Bill Rau, "IMF/World Bank: Devastation by Design," Covert Action Quarterly, Winter 1993-94. Asad Ismi, "Plunder with a Human Face: The World Bank, Z Magazine, February 1998. World Bank, "Making Monterrey Work For Africa: New study highlights dwindling aid flows, mounting challenges," Press Release, April 10, 2002, www4.worldbank.org/afr/stats/adi2002/default.cfm ." United Nations, Development Program (UNDP), Human Development Report, 2001. Update by Michelle Robidoux: What NEPAD shows is that regardless of the actual causes of the hardships facing the world's poorest countries, there is only one prescription on offer by the world's leaders: neo-liberal market-driven measures of privatization and deregulation. The mass protests against NEPAD at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg challenged the notion that African civil society is prepared to accept the disastrous policies which have left 40 million Africans at risk of starvation this year. For more information, see: * Alternative Information and Development Centre http://www.aidc.org.za/web/about.php?id=6

Originally posted by Ameenah: ^^^ aaah, T.dot is pretty. Can't say much about the peepz over there though lol@tweety. Where on god's earth did they take you? Reagent Park?

Even though the term dhaqan celis has become as empty a cliche as that old american "boot camp" expression, the mere concept of rehabilitating our people is gaining grounds everywhere. May Allah help our people.

Rudy, the UK crowd don't know what the allegations are all about. Break it down for them that " hommie jaarles is a homo!" lol

Sue, Ilaahay ha u naxariisto your close relative. Tuur was a true legend.

Mujahid, I beg to differ. The claim that Al-Qeida or others are behind the attack, is totally unsubstantiated. It looks nothing more than a desperate attempt by the royal family to water down their political problems at home knowing that this is the easiest way they can muster much-needed American support or even the support of the Saudi public for that matter. For the record, those royal crones intimidate, torture and abuse anyone who seems uncomfortable with their "inherited previleges" or their violant abuses. Any muslims who dares to question the status quo is beheaded in Saudi Arabia. Now, that needs a real jihad. With regards to the recent bombing, there are many possibilites as to who was behind it. The Royal Family could have been behind this just to get the needed American support for their regime to stay in power. Non-Muslims could have been behind it for the simple reason of dividing muslims and creating chaos in the holy land Or, It could aslo have been the work of a disgruntled, angry muslim who actually thought he was targeting Western spies. Allah knows best. But don't believe the Saudi information ministry or the western media. Note: Saudia Royal Family is a desperate regime and it will do desperate things to stay in power.

still funny.

Originally posted by Che: "Qurbo Iyo Qaxarkayda" sp. more like Qaxarkiisa che. Luula, welcome back. Why don't you honor the nomads here you left behind and name the documentary after us nomads. Here is my suggestion. Name: CAANO GEEL LULA. which mean, shake some camel milk. This is the kind of "artistic" name that can capture the imagination of the white/western folks. The "lula" part is actually close to your username and the caano geel is a symbol of this website.

Australian Idol contestant falls further for kicking bashed man By David Adams October 8, 2003 An Australian Idol contestant was placed on a community-based order yesterday after pleading guilty to kicking a man two or three times while the man lay on a path after being king-hit from behind at the Geelong Railway Station. Liban Issak Aden, 21, of Flemington, was not convicted in Geelong Magistrates Court, but ordered to complete 50 hours of unpaid community work over six months after pleading guilty to one count each of recklessly causing injury and assault by kicking. Ahmed Mukhtar Ibrahim, 26, of Reservoir, pleaded guilty to similar charges. He was convicted and ordered to complete 100 hours of unpaid community work over the next year. Magistrate Jon Klestadt said Ibrahim struck the most serious blow and caused the most serious injuries. Aden, who was emotional during the hearing, made it to the semi-finals of Australian Idol on a wildcard in mid-September, but was cut. Prosecutor Senior Constable Peter Murrihy told the court that Aden and Ibrahim were among four people who travelled from Melbourne to Geelong on February 8 this year. During an altercation early the next morning, Ibrahim had struck a companion, Cisman Ciise, 27, on the back of the head, causing him to fall down concrete steps. While Mr Ciise lay at the base of the stairs, Ibrahim and Aden had kicked him and left him lying on

I have come to recognize that we Somalis are good at being Somalis. The following piece is a good reminder for all of us to stay Somali, period. Here is Liibaan's first try. He tries a Somali song. The judges love it. http://au.australianidol.yahoo.com/contestants/liban_aden/ Here is Liibaan's second try. He tries a western Song. He fails. http://au.australianidol.yahoo.com/contestants/liban_aden/ (Australia) -- Liban, literally translated, means "God bless you". This twenty-one year old from Melbourne lived in Somalia for the first half of his life. In Liban's own words, "The war started when I was about eight years old. It was a tribal war. My father and my brother were killed. It was sad because my father was a good man. He was kind and he liked to help other people. He was killed just because he was from a different tribe. Things were getting harder and the war was getting bigger so the rest of my family and I moved to Kenya. We were there for two years and then we came to Australia." Liban and his family have been in Oz for six years now. When he first arrived, Liban couldn't speak any English at all and he was put straight into Year 11 high school. He struggled terribly with the language barrier but his teachers helped him out a lot. "They were so nice to me. I really liked the teachers." As a child, Liban used to be very shy, but he gradually overcame his shyness and grew in confidence, particularly with his singing. "Every afternoon, people would come together and we would all sing. The girls would ask me to sing and they would be surprised that I could sing so well, but when I sang, they used to cry!" Singing with his friends in Somalia was the sum total of Liban's exposure. He has never had professional singing lessons and has rarely had the chance to sing in public. Even in Melbourne, Liban has never performed in theatres, clubs or pubs - simply because no one has asked him! Liban has always wanted to be a singer. "I want people to enjoy my voice. When you have a gift it is good to share it." The Somalian song that Liban sang at his Melbourne audition, which bought Mark Holden to tears, was a tale about a man who wanted to marry a beautiful woman. The man asked his best friend to talk to the woman's family and to get their permission on his behalf for him to marry her. But, the best friend fell in love with the woman and he ended up marrying her instead. The lonely man was left besotted and broken-hearted. Liban's performance at this audition was incredibly honest and moving. On his Idol experience, he says, "I had to really push myself to go on Australian Idol but I wasn't nervous at all. I was happy! But I worried so much, I forgot the words to the song I tried to sing in Sydney." Following his Idol appearance, Liban now gets recognised in Melbourne. "I was on the street the other day and this girl stopped me and she said to me 'oh, Liban, you are so good!' Then she took a photo of me!" Life seems to be looking up for this blessed young man.

TV license? Bee, how does that work? Police go to door to door searching for the perpetrators? I mean anyone watching tv with no license?

Gediid, I must admit many nomads are ill-equipped for the mere change of heart. Some of us who didn't join yet might even be busy orchestrating a "soon-to-come" wreckage of this "xarrago" unity train. Let us hope naakhuude Gediid's tower of emotional resilience does not plummet after this long ordeal in the midst of Ramadan. As for Edna, she, like the rest of the Somali politicians, wants to blow the trumpets of her successes whilst failing to acknowledge any dismal debacle on her side. This continuous barrage of deprecations by Edna against other Somalis speaks nothing more than sheer ignorance. happy ramadan.

http://www.somaliatalk.com/2003/oct/sawiro2.html Allaha u naxariisto.

Originally posted by Somali_Patriot: i dont get it libaax wat do u mean uuhh, you still didn't get it. did yah? let me say it again. Siyaasadan waa bolitikal lol BTW, that classic signiture reminds me of one of my uncles. This is one of his classics. Meeshan waa la isu qayili adeer.